- Creator:
- Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637-1712, collector
- Published / Created:
- [late 17th century].
- Call Number:
- Osborn fb66
- Image Count:
- 130
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- A collection of copies of about 36 English poems, in various hands, many of them satirical and bawdy. Political and social satires include Thomas Brown's Melting Downe The Plate, Or The Pisspotts Farewell; John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester's Satire Against Reason and Mankind; and an excerpt from Samuel Butler's Hudibras. The volume also contains several sexually explicit satires against women, as well as numerous serious poems, which include an excerpt from Contention Of Ajax And Ulysses by James Shirley, attributed in the manuscript to the Earl of Orrery; an excerpted description of heaven from Abraham Cowley's Davideis; and John Denham's Cooper's Hill.
- Description:
- Binding: enfolded by a paper cover., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and The piece titled "A Song composed by the Earle of Orrery" is accompanied by a letter signed "Thomas Style" and addressed to "Signor Lorenzo Magallotti."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704, Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680--Hudibras, Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669, Donne, John, 1572-1631, Dryden, John, 1631-1700, Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637-1712, Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 1621-1679, Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680, and Shirley, James, 1596-1666
- Subject (Topic):
- English poetry--17th century, English wit and humor, Political poetry, English, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Poesie Inglesi
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- Creator:
- Southwell, Robert, Sir, 1635-1702
- Published / Created:
- [1653? and later]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b112
- Image Count:
- 301
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing brief quotations and maxims on approximately 500 primarily moral and philosophical subjects, arranged alphabetically under Latin headings. Sample headings include Ars, Consilio, Deus, Felicitas, Ingratitudo, and Veritas. Under Passio, the author writes, "There is noe heat of Affection but is joyn’d with some Impotence of brain"; under Vita, the author lists "Lives of persons written," including "Of Cowley, by Dr. Sprot, Of Mr. Herbert, Dr. Donne, Sr. Henry Wotton, & Mr. Hooker by Mr. Isaac Walton." The volume also includes commentary on the popes; the derivation of the phrase "Hocus Pocus"; and notes about political figures in Europe.
- Description:
- Imperfect: errors in pagination; pages 336-339 wanting.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe --Politics and government, Great Britain --Intellectual life --17th century, and Great Britain --Religious life and customs --17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, Donne, John, 1572-1631, Herbert, George, 1593-1633, Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 4-1600, Southwell, Robert, Sir, 1635-1702, Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683, and Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639
- Subject (Topic):
- Aphorisms and apothegms, English literature --17th century, and Maxims
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book]